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No. 427,403. Patented May 6, 1890.

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No. 427,403. Patented May 6, 1890.

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JAMES F. L. CROSLAND, OF MANCHESTER, AND IVILLIAM H. BAILEY, OF SALFORD, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

STAND FOR PORTABLE FORCE-PUMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,403, dated May 6, 1890.

Application filed October l,1889- A Serial No. 325,662. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES FOYELL LOVE- LOOK ORosLAND and WILLIAM HENRY BAI- LEY, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing, respectively, at Manchester and Salford, both in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented an Improved Stand for Portable Force-Pumps, of which the following is a specification.

[O This invention relates principally to stands for portable hydraulicforce-pumps, such as are employed for testing the strength of steamboilers, but it is also applicable to other portable force-pumps; and the object of the illvention is to increase the portability of such pumps, and to afford a ready means of setting up suchpumps for use, and of dismounting and packing the same for removal, transport, or storage, at the same time that weight and bulk are considerably reduced.

The invention consists of a stand or pedestal, upon which the pump is mounted for use, which stand is so constructed and arranged that when the pump is no longer required for use it can, by a simple movement and without dismounting, be readily turned over and packed into the interior of the stand or pedestal, so that the latter serves for two purposesnamely, for a frame or base to support the 0 pump when in use and also a case for packing the same for transport or storage, and thus the necessity for a separate stand or frame and case is obviated, and the bulk and weight to be carried from place to place are 3 5 greatly diminished.

The manner in which our invention is carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the annexed sheets of drawings and the following explanation thereof.

Figure 1 on the drawings represents an elevation of our improved stand or pedestal, showing a force-pump as bolted thereon and in the position it occupies when in use. Fig.

2 is a section taken through about the center of the same, showing the position which the lid and pump assume when the lid is reversed and the pump is packed inside the stand, ready for transport or storage; and

Fig. 3 is a section through the lid and upper part of the stand, taken at about the line A B on Fig. 2, and drawn to a larger scale.

The stand or pedestal a is shown on the drawings in the form of a truncated pyramid,

and chiefly made of wood, which form and material we prefer, as combining lightness and rigidity with great portability; but we would here remark that the sides may be vertical, if preferred, and that it may be of an octagonal or other convenient form in ground plan, if thought desirable, and it may also be made of a light framing of angle-iron, wit-l1 sheet-metal panels.

INe cast the cylinder 1) of the pump with a base-plate 0, having lugs, by means of which it is bolted firmly and permanently to the top or lid d of the pedestal a. This top or lid d is provided with two pivots or trunnions c, fitting into suitable sockets f, screwed to the upper edges of the two sides of the pedestal a, so that the whole of the top or lid (1, with the pump bolted thereto, can be turned over from the working position shown at Fig. 1 into the position shown at Fig. 2, which brings the pump into the interior of the stand or pedestal, so that the latter serves as a casing or cabinet to inclose the same. The loose lever, the suction and delivery hose, nozzle, and other detachable portions being removed from the pump previ- 8o ously to turning the lid d over, can then be arranged round the pump, inside the case, and the door 9 may be closed and locked. In order to hold the top or lid d firmly in either position, it is provided withtwo corresponding metal plates 71, each pierced with a hole in the center. A pin t, fixed in the door, takes into one of these holes, and a movable pin or bolt in (see Fig. 3) is passed into the other. It will be evident that when the lid d is to be turned over either Way the door must be opened and the pin 7c removed.

A hollow stand or pedestal for portable force-pumps, combined with a pivoted lid, 5 whereby the said stand can be converted into a packing-box for the pump, and a hinged door with a securing-pin to lock the lid, with the pump firmly in either position when the door is closed.

In testimony whereof. we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. F. L. CROSLAND. W. H. BAILEY.

lVi tnesses:

E. BUTLER RowLEY, JNo. HUGHES. 

